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SPRING CHALLENGE 2022
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Nick KYREPLACE 15.10. GR Genre of Horror Take away The Girl with Blackened Teeth,
Points : - 15
Total Points: 825
Amy B30.3 - Dlmrose’s Task: Recurring Keys
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a word in the title that contains all the letters A E N. Subtitles are excluded.
Cleanness by Garth Greenwell
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose name contains all the letters A E N in a single name part.
The Illegal by Lawrence Hill
This Task: 30 Points
To Date: 355 Points
Nick KYREPLACE 15.10. GR Genre of Horror with The Lost Village by Camilla Sten.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 840
Nick KY30.3 DlmRose’s Missing Keys
Book 1. I read Nothing But Blackened Teeth
by Cassandra Khaw, AEN in blAckENed
Book 2. I read Out on a Leash: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Love by Shirley MacLaine. AEN in maclAiNE. I listened to the audio book. There is no Mass Market PB, the most popular PB is Out on a Leash: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Love 208 pp.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far = 870
HanneloreTask 10.6 - Renewal
Read a book with the MPG Plants or Animals. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Book: Het wezen van de olifant
How it fits: Book has the MPG 'Animals'.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 675
Tasks completed: 38
BB tickets:
(4) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 2
Joanne MI20.8 - Nickels & Dimes: Paul's Task: Is 139 a Prime Number?
Option 1: Read a book written by a single author whose initials (all of them) can be found in the letters in "AMAZON PRIME".
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick
Points this task 20
Total Points 190
BB's 3
IAF this task 1
Total IAF 4
Mod
10.6 - Renewal
Read a book with the MPG Plants or Animals. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Plant Magic: Herbalism in Real Life. Christine Buckley
Claiming 1 IAF ticket
Points this post: 10
Total points: 850/895
Tasks complete: 50/54
Total pages: 21,405
BB: 5
NF: 14
GO: 5
Andy P.Task # 25.8 - Amy FL’s task: Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On
Option 1.Read a book with a word of 5 letters or more in the title that can be made from the letters in NEUROTRANSMITTERS
No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell TurnbullMONSTERS (,1 M,1 O, 1 N, 2 S, 1 T , 1 E 1 R)
Option 4. read a book from the first ten pages of the Brain shelf.
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman page 1 # 2 on list as of 5/9/22
Points this post: 25
Total points: 620
Angela IL 20.10 Group Reads
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman-5/9
Review/Discussion Post #26
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 535
Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 22/54
BB Ticket: 3
NF Ticket: 4
5.1 - The Wicked WitchLet them know the wicked witch is dead
Words must match exactly.
Dead
The Dead Lake by Hamid Ismailov
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 190
5.5. - The WizardRead a book from a series with at least 5 whole number published books - Book 1
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Task Total: 5
Season Total: 195
15.1 - HemispheresBook 1: Read a book set at least 50% in a country that is located entirely the Northern Hemisphere
Montana, US
The Small Crimes of Tiffany Templeton by Richard Fifield
Book 2: Read a book set at least 50% in a country that is located entirely the Southern Hemisphere
South Africa
Ways of Dying by Zakes Mda
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 210
15.6. - That’s Dr. ScarecrowRead a book by an author who has all the letters T H D in his/her name.
freDerick forsyTH
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 225
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Helen B's Task: Spring Begins2. I live in New England and the sight of the first crocus poking through the snow always brings me joy. Read a book with a flower in bloom on the cover.
Broken Verses by Kamila ShamsieTask Total: 20
Season Total: 245
25.5 - Nick KY’s Task: Scarecrow Leftovers500 Pages: 388 + 168 = 556 Pages
Option 1. Read two books from one or two of the following Suggestions. Both books should be below 500 pp in length, but total 500+ pp.
Suggestion 1. From Lisa: "Ease on Down the Road":
Read a book from this list: Books by Black Authors
From Page 1:
The Known World by Edward P. Jones, 388p
Suggestion 2. From Dee: Freely adapting Dee’s “BRAIN” idea to be topical:
Read a book with the letter sequence “RAIN” intact in a word in the title/subtitle.
ukRAINian
Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex by Oksana Zabuzhko 168p
Task Total: 25
Season Total: 270
30.3 - Dlmrose’s Task: Recurring KeysBook 1: Read a book with a word in the title that contains all the letters A E N.
strANgE
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose name contains all the letters A E N in a single name part:
chArmaiNE
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Task Total: 30
Season Total: 300
Jen K25.4 - Wayne's Task: Play Ball? Play Ball!
Option 2: A Great Season, But...
Year of the Reaper- 336 pages
Word: YEAR
Option 4: Sayonara MLB
The Housekeeper and the Professor -180 pages
Set over 50% in Japan
336+180=516 > 500
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 625
Big Books: 4
Jen K25.8 - Amy FL’s task: Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On
Option 1: Names for Light: A Family History
Word: NAMES; NeurotrAnsMittErS
Option 2: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
niGRa
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 650
Big Books: 4
FLY Task #15.9 - Hall of Famer
task: author's initials in Jackie Robinson
book: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
how it fits: author Agatha Christie initials AC
**claiming Golden Oldies - (first published November 1940) **
Points this post: 15
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 15/54
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
It's A Fact tickets: 2
Amber5.2 - Auntie Em
Book written by a single author with a name that matches a name related to Em
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Total Points: 605
APRILLEIGH10.8 - Feria Nacional de San Marcos
Read a book with a 3+ word title whose initial letters are found in FERIA NACIONAL DE SAN MARCOS.
An Inquiry Into Love and Death by Simone St. James
AILA found in nAcIonAL.
I found in ferIa.
D found in De.
TRACKING [this task (total including this task)]
Points: 10 (490)
Golden Oldie: 0 (1)
Big Book: 0 (2)
It’s a Fact: 0 (3)
Books Read: 1 (36)
Total Tasks: 30
INSIYAH30.3 - Dlmrose’s Task: Recurring Keys
Book 1: A, E, N in title
Book: Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman (ebook)
Note: Top MMPB has 320 pages.
How it fits: A, E, N in Name
Book 2: A, E, N in author name part
Book: Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo (ebook)
Note: Top PB (no MMPB) has 288 pages.
How it fits: A, E, N in Katherine
Behind the Beautiful Forevers is a Non-Fiction Book. Claiming one It's a Fact Ticket.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 335
Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 14
Big Books Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
It's a Fact Tickets: 6
Christine V20.10 - Group Reads
The Enchanted April: A Trilogy I commented about the book in message 10 of the discussion thread here.
The Enchanted April was first published in 1922. ***Claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 20
GO tickets this post: 1
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
It's A Fact: 4
LAUREN JODI30.2 - XBM’s Task – The Birds and The Bees
Option 3 - MPG Romance
Raising the Bar by Marie Harte
Approved for length in Post 8499 of the ebook Verification thread
Option 5 - Author name as an A and a Z
Into the Night by Suzanne Brockmann
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 710/895
Big Book Ticket: 2
It's a Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 53
Total Tasks Completed: 40/54
HanneloreTask 10.9 - Spring Into a Good Book
Read a book first published in March, April, or May (of any year) that has an average Goodreads rating of 4.0 or higher.
Book: The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
How it fits: This book was first published in march (2017) and has a rating above 4.
This book is non-fiction: CLAIMING 1 IT'S A FACT TICKET.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 685
Tasks completed: 39
BB tickets:
(4) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
GO tickets: 4
IAF tickets: 3
10.9 - Spring Into a Good BookRead a book first published in March, April, or May (of any year) that has an average Goodreads rating of 4.0 or higher.
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
BB tickets claimed in total: 1
It's a Fact tickets claimed in total: 1
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 125
Nick KY25.5 Nick KY’s Scarecrow Leftovers
Opt. 1. Both Books are from Suggestion 3, the Mass Communications list which has only one page. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Book 1. I read Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions by Guy Kawasaki. 240 pp
Book 2. I read The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom. 393 pp
Total pp = 633 > required 500
Points This Post: 25
Total Points for Challenge : 895
Sara G15.9 - Hall of Famer
Read a book by an author whose initials (all) can be found in Jackie Robinson.
Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg
JACKIE ROBINSON
Points this post: 15
Total points: 330
Sara G30.2 - XBM’s Task – The Birds and The Bees
Option 4: Read a book with an MPG* of Biography, Autobiography or Memoir
Edward VII by Christopher Hibbert
MPG Biography > 32 users
Option 5: Read a book with an author with both an A and a Z any place in their name.
Lights All Night Long by Lydia Fitzpatrick
Points this post: 30
Total points: 360
Sara G30.4 - TessaVanessa's Task: National Library Week 2022
Option 3: Read a book by a single author that has all the letters of MORE in the author's first and last name. Other name parts are excluded.
Oligarchy by Scarlett Thomas
SCARLETT THOMAS
Option 4: Read a book that has a word in the title/subtitle of at least 4 letters that can be made from Connect with Your Library.
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
The word "Train": CONNECT WITH YOUR LIBRARY
Points this post: 30
Total points: 390
Andy P.Task # 25.6 - KmarieD's Task: Reaching Goals
Option 1 - Read a book first published in 2022.
Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild
Option 2 - Read a winning title from the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave Mystery Winner 2021
Points this post: 25
Total points: 645
Deborah20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Sarah E's Task: Most Volcanoes
Most Volcanoes Erupt Mulberry Jam Sandwiches Under Normal Pressure
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Using UNDER
Under the Whispering Door
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 295
Books Read: 22
Tasks Done: 18
Kathy KS20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as a group read for the Spring 2022 season. Fiction: Non-US Based Mystery: The Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
My discussion is found at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Points for this task: 20
Total points : 435
Tasks completed: 19/54
Big Book tickets for this task: 2
Big Book tickets total: 5
Golden Oldies tickets for this task: 0
Golden Oldies tickets total: 2
It's a Fact tickets for this task: 1
It's a Fact tickets total: 5
Mod
Book 1
Whirlwind by Janet Dailey / set in Arizona, USA
Book 2
Walking the Bowl: A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka by Chris Lockhart / set in Zambia
Points this post: 15
Total points: 580
Readerboard name: D25.8 - Amy FL’s task: Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On
Option 1: Read a book with a word of 5 letters or more in the title that can be made from the letters in NEUROTRANSMITTERS.
Great Stories of Space Travel by Groff Conklin
Word: STORIES neuROTranSmIttErS
Option 2: Read a book by a single author whose initials (all) are found in SUBSTANTIA NIGRA.
Traveling Sprinkler by Nicholson Baker
Initials N, B: SUBSTANTIA
Task=25
Season total=200
Mod
Option 2: The King in the Tower
Read a book with the word "king" or "tower" in the title.
The Black Tower
This has the word TOWER in the title
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 380 + 20 = 400/895
Total Tasks Completed: 29
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Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
It's a Fact: 9
25.7 - Andy P’s Task: SymmetryBook 1. Read a book that contains a word of at least 5 letters in the title that begins and ends with the same letter.
Girl Made of Stars
Book 2. Read a book by an author whose name contains a name part that begins and ends with the same letter.
Night Tide by Anna Burke
Total Points: 180
25.1 - Sandy's Task: I Want My Baseball!Book 1, nonfiction with MPG Sports: Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight
paperback edition Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike 400 pages
Book 2, author's initials in the phrase END THE LOCKOUT: The Queen's Secret: A Novel of England's World War II Queen by Karen Harper
paperback edition The Queen's Secret: A Novel of England's World War II Queen 384 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 615
MEGSCL25.4 - Wayne's Task: Play Ball?
Option 3: Read a book with a doubled letter in the title.
The Beekeeper's Secret
Option 4: Read a book set at least 50% in Japan.
Spring Garden
Total
820 points, 1 bb, 5 nf, 1 go
Task 30.2 - The Birds and The BeesOption 3: Read a book with an MPG* of Romance
Buried Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #2) (2000) by Carolyn Haines (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 368 page)
Option 6: Read a book with both an A and a Z any place in the title. Subtitles are excluded
kAZakhstan
Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared (2008) by Christopher Robbins (Hardcover, 304 pages) [915.845]
** Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared is an It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction) Book**
225 + 30 = 255
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 225 + 30 = 255
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5,697
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 11
Golden Oldies: 00
It’s a Fact (Non-Fiction): 02
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.2 - The Wisest in All of OzBook: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
How it fits: Author shares a name with Michael Jackson
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 345
Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 15
Big Books Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 3
It's a Fact Tickets: 6
LAUREN JODI15.1 - Hemispheres
Book #1 - Northern Hemisphere
Friends Without Benefits by Penny Reid
Country: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Book #2 - Southern Hemisphere
The Mighty Quinns: Teague by Kate Hoffmann
Country: Queensland, Australia
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 725/895
Big Book Ticket: 2
It's a Fact Ticket: 2
Total Books Read: 55
Total Tasks Completed: 41/54
MEGSCL25.6 - KmarieD's Task: Reaching Goals
Option 1 - Read a book first published in 2022.
Son of Sin
Option 5 - Read a book that is #2 or above in a series.
The Masked City
Total
845 points, 1 bb, 5 nf, 1 go
Mod
Task 25.3 - Good Reading1 non-fiction, both new
option 1: originally published in French
Maigret's Holiday
published 1947 - claiming 1 GO tix
new to me book
option 2: on p1 of Disability list
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
non-fiction book - claiming 1 NF
new to me book
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795 points
12 BB tix
7 GO tix
6 NF tix
Mod
15.6. - That’s Dr. Scarecrow
Read a book by an author who has all the letters T H D in his/her name.
The Saints of Swallow Hill. Donna Everhart
Points this post: 15
Total points: 865/895
Tasks complete: 52/54
Total pages: 21,757
BB: 5
NF: 14
GO: 5
Joanne MI25.2 - Brooklyn's Task: Upcoming Milestone!
Option 2-A book with a 2 word title. Dragon Haven
Option 4 -Read a book with a MPG of Food or Food & Drink
The Moosewood Restaurant Table: 250 Brand-New Recipes from the Natural Foods Restaurant That Revolutionized Eating in America
Points this task 25
Total Points 215
BB's 3
IAF 3
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Total Points So Far: 840